Hat holder and support.



H. A. EVERY.

HAT HOLDER AND SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 11017227, 1908.

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HAT HOLDER AND SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1902.

Patented June 29, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HARRY A. EVERY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ALFRED E. HAINES COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

HAT HOLDER AND SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Application filed. November 27, 1908. Serial No. 464,734.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY A. EVERY, citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in flat Holders and Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

It is the custom of many dealers in hats to in some manner mark the name or the initials of the purchaser or to place some other distinguishing mark of the owner within the hat for identification, and this is frequently done by placing such mark upon the sweat band. Sometimes this marking is done by writing or printing upon the face of the band and sometimes by perforations in the hat band made by a punch or die. Whichever method of marking is employed, it is desirable to have a suitable holder and support for the hat and band for convenience in marking the hat and the object of my invention is to provide such a holder and support.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features are pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of the specification.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my device with a hat mounted thereon and the movable arm about to be turned down into position. Fig. 2 is a perspective showing the arm turned down into operative position, and the sweat band resting thereon, and showing one manner of marking. Fig. 3 is a plan of the holder without the hat. Fig. 4 is a side elevation, partly broken away, to show the means for adjusting one of the standards. Fig. 5 is a front end view partly broken away.

Referring now to the drawings,-1 and 2 are respectively vertical standards to support the brim 4 of the hat and are mounted upon a base 3. These standards are spaced a sufiicient distance apart to admit the crown 5 of the hat in its inverted position as shown in the drawings between the standards. The two standards are transversely curved toward each other on their inner faces to accommodate the curved sides of the crown of the hat, the upper ends of the standards being sufficiently narrow to enter the space between the crown and the inner edge of the roll of the hat brim. Rising outsideof the standard 1 is another standard or upright 6 which is spaced far enough away from the standard 1 to allow for the brim of the hat,

and it rises slightly higher than the standard 1. Hinged to the upper end of the standard 6 is an arm 7 which is adapted to be swung inwardly toward the standard 2. The standard 6 rises enough higher than the standard 1 so that when the arm 7 is swung over crosswise of the hat, there is a space between the upper end of the standard 1 and the arm 7 equal at least to the thickness of the hat brim. The arm 7 is not long enough for its free end when extended crosswise of the space between the standard 1 and the standard 2 to quite reach the standard 2, there being sufficient clearance space so that the arm may swing down just inside of the crown of the hat. There should be some means for preventing the arm from swinging down too far within the crown of the hat. In the construction shown, the arm being hinged to the outer edge of the standard 6, the arm when turned across the hat strikes the upper end of the standard 6 which thus serves as a stop.

When the hat is mounted upon the standard and the sweat band 8 is turned up as shown in Fig. 1, the arm 7 is then to be swung down across the inside of the crown, and the sweat band is then turned down upon the upper face of the arm as shown in Fig. 2 which forms a support therefor.

Preferably the arm 7 is formed with a downward bend toward its free end to allow it to dip slightly into the crown and at its outer end is provided with an upwardly pro jecting portion 9 on which to lay down the sweat band to form a rest therefor while t marking.

At the outer side of the standard 2 there is provided a hand rest 10 to support the hand while marking. This hand rest should be spaced far enough away from the upper end of the standard 2 to allow for the width of the hat brim between the upper end of the standard and the hand rest.

In order to accommodate hats of different sizes, one of the standards should be adjustable to varying distances from the other standard. The method of providing the adjustment shown in the drawings is to provide the base 3 with two elongated slots 13 through which pass screws 1]., 11, projecting upwardly from a plate 12 on the under side of the base and which, after passing through the elongated slots 13, extend up into the standard 2. These screws may be loosened sufliciently to allow the standard 2 to be adjusted to any position allowed by the length of the slot, and when properly adjusted, the screw may again be set up to firmly clamp the standard in position, but it is obvious that other well known clamping means may be employed.

In the drawings I have represented the use of a pointed instrument 14 such as a pencil or pen for marking upon the sweat band, but other kinds of marking instruments and other styles of marking may be employed.

It will be observed that with the form of construction which I have shown, the hand rest being on the outer side of the brim of the hat, the top of the letters will be at that edge of the sweat band which when the sweat band is turned back into its proper place in the hat will be toward the 'crown of the hat and the bottom of the letters toward the bottom edge of the hat.

What I claim is:

1. A hat holder and support having two standards and a suitable mount therefor, the upper ends of the standards being adapted to form seats for the brim of a hat in inverted position, and spaced apart to admit between them the crown of the hat, an arm, a standard to which said arm is hinged at one end outside of one of the brim-supporting standards far enough to clear the brim of the hat, the free end of the arm being adapted to be swung over the hat toward the other brimsupporting standard with a "clearance space for the thickness of the hat between the end of the arm and said second brim-supporting standard, means for limiting the downward drop of said arm within the crown of the hat, the upper surface of the free end of the arm being adapted to form a support for the-sweat band of the hat when the sweat band is 4 turned back. 7

2. A hat holder and support having two standards and a suitable mount therefor, the

upper ends of the standards being adapted to form seats for the brim of a hat in inverted 5 position, and spaced apart to admit between them the crown of the hat, an arm, a standard to which said arm is hinged at one end outside of one of the brim-supporting standards far enough to clear the brim of the hat, 5 the hinged end being higher than the upper end of the brinrsupporting standard, the free end of the arm being adapted to be swung over the hat toward the other brim-supporting standard with a clearance space for the 6! thickness of the hat between the end of the arm and said second brim-supporting standard, means for limiting the downward drop of said arm within the crown of the hat, the

upper surface of the free end of the arm being 6:

adapted to form a support for the sweat band of the hat when the sweat band is turned back.

3. A hat holder and support having two standards and a suitable mount therefor, the 7( upper ends of the standards being adapted to form seats for the brim of a hat in inverted position, and spaced apart to admit between them the crown of the hat, an arm, a standard to which said arm is hinged at one end 7 outside of the hat, the free end of the arm being adapted to be swung over the hat toward the opposite side of the hat, the upper surface of the free end of the arm being adapted to form a support for the sweat band of the hat when the sweat band is turned back.

In testimony whereof I athX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY A. EVERY. Witnesses:

ABRAHAM K. COHEN, WVILLIAM A. COPELAND 

